Ray Rothrock is the former CEO of RedSeal. RedSeal provides network infrastructure security management solutions. He is also partner emeritus at Venrock, an early-stage venture capital firm specializing in the energy, healthcare, and technology sectors.
Prior to RedSeal he was a general partner at Venrock, one of RedSeal’s founding investors. At Venrock he invested in 53 companies including over a dozen in cybersecurity including Vontu, PGP, P-Cube, Imperva, Cloudflare, CTERA, and Shape Security. He is on the board of Check Point Software Technology, Ltd. an original Venrock investment, and Team8, both Tel Aviv–based companies. Ray Rothrock is also a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation board.
A thought leader in cybersecurity and long time investor in the sector, he was a participant in the White House CyberSecurity Summit held at Stanford University February 2015.
Ray Rothrock holds a BS in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A & M University, a MS in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA with Distinction from the Harvard Business School.
Ray Rothrock is the author of the book Digital Resilience: Is Your Company Ready for the Next Cyber Threat?